Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2021-11-15

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Nov 15
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
514 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 644▲ 26 vs year ago 488 · +5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 74▲ 7 vs year ago 42 · +16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 32▲ 47 vs year ago 16 · +293.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.75/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$130.75
58 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$2.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.10
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2518131.6068237
Medium and Large 1593129.3676714thin
Medium and Large 3492129.006357thin
One grade step is worth $2.60/cwt here — about $47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale58 hd
130.75
—
AL average16 barns · 1,576 hd
133.85
−3.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,66883.221,3885thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24756.6770610
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06547.495062thin

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2630130.66/cwt130.00–132.008233
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373137.42/cwt134.00–142.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410139.02/cwt138.00–140.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416131.35/cwt128.00–134.005469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460135.51/cwt135.00–136.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461126.11/cwt123.00–130.005819
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465121.50/cwt120.00–122.005654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518128.99/cwt128.00–130.006682
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525113.96/cwt113.00–115.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528121.52/cwt118.00–124.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555111.00/cwt111.00–111.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568123.98/cwt123.00–125.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2574115.58/cwt113.00–118.006635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633110.34/cwt109.00–112.006983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2674108.51/cwt107.00–110.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730113.00/cwt113.00–113.008251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358156.51/cwt155.00–158.005602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415143.98/cwt138.00–148.005987
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455145.00/cwt145.00–145.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475137.52/cwt133.00–142.006537
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485130.98/cwt130.00–132.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518134.98/cwt134.00–136.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520129.69/cwt128.00–132.006747
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530124.51/cwt124.00–125.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567126.22/cwt124.00–129.007165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585130.49/cwt130.00–131.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610126.50/cwt124.00–129.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2616118.13/cwt115.00–120.007286
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670114.02/cwt113.00–115.007642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1717117.35/cwt116.00–118.008413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1821
Bulls——1,70684.53/cwt84.00–85.001,4424
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06547.49/cwt47.00–48.005062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12050.76/cwt48.00–53.005692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26857.59/cwt54.00–60.007307
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35062.00/cwt62.00–62.008371
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—940.00/cwt940.00–940.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—1
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 3—770.00/cwt770.00–770.00—1

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.